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Pioneer Mine

Past Producer in St. Louis county in Minnesota, United States with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Mineral rights holdings
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072863
MRDS ID W018560
Record type Site
Current site name Pioneer Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.85712, 47.90806 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

St. Louis(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ely(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Two Harbors(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rainy Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Rainy(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rainy(hydrologic subregion)

Souris-Red-Rainy(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Superior National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Minnesota St. Louis

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
4th Principal 63N 12W 29,27 Minnesota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Chert Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 188
USGS model code 28b
Deposit model name Algoma Fe

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Iron Formation
    Rock unit name Soudan Iron Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.85712, 47.90806
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure name Folds
Type of structure Local
Structure name Folds

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 30M
    Length 400M
    Width 150M
    Area 65HA
    Depth to top 457M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Vermilion Range

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMS, P.K.,1972. BANDED IRON-FORMATIONS IN VERMILION DISTRICT; IN; SIMS,P.K. AND MOREY,G.B.,EDS., GEOLOGYOF MINNESOTA; A CENTENNIAL VOLUME, MINN.GEOL.SURV., P.79-81.

  • Deposit

    MOREY, G.B.,ET.AL.,1970. STRATIGRAPHY OF THE LOWER PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS IN THE VERMILION DISTRICT, NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA, MINN.GEOL.SURV. R.I. 14, 33P.

  • Production

    TRETHEWEY, W.D., 1974, UNIV. MINN. BULL., MINING DIRECTORY ISSUE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1984 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1997 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-MAY-1997 Mason Jr., G.T. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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